Outdoor power socket having a recessed part to accommodate a connection element for attaching a protective lid

Abstract

An outdoor power socket having protective lid structure is disclosed, comprising a socket body, a connection element including positioning pillars, a protective lid, a pivotal axle and a torsion spring. Herein the pivotal axle is used to combine the protective lid with the connection element, and the protective lid can be flipped over the connection element. Moreover, an electric power socket is installed on the front case of the socket body, and a combination part is set up on one side of the power socket. In this way, it is possible to combine the positioning pillar of the connection element into the positioning part of the front case of the socket body such that the fixation pillar on the connection element penetrates the fixation hole of the combination part thereby allowing the protective lid to cover or open the power socket.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An outdoor power socket having protective lid structure, comprising:
 a socket body, in which the upper end thereof is formed by the combination of a front case and a rear case, a plurality of power sockets are installed on the front case and one side of the power sockets has a recessed combination part, and in which a positioning part is at least installed on the combination part and at least a side of the positioning part is configured with a fixation hole; 
 a connection element, whose left and right sides are configured in protrusion with a first connection part and a second connection part, in which the first connection part and the second connection part respectively includes an open hole and an axial rod laterally extends from an end of the first connection part toward the second connection part, which axial rod having a through hole penetrating to the open hole in the first connection part, and in which a positioning pillar at least extends from the bottom of the connection element and a fixation pillar extends from at least a side of the positioning pillar; 
 a protective lid, whose bottom is configured with an accommodation part, in which the left and the right sides of the accommodation part respectively include a pivotal hole such that the first connection part and the second connection part of the connection element can be received between the two pivotal holes of the accommodation part, and the positions of the open holes in the first connection part and the second connection part correspond to the pivotal hole of the accommodation part; 
 a pivotal axle, which penetrates the two pivotal holes of the protective lid, the open holes of the first connection part and the second connection part as well as the through hole of the axial rod such that the protective lid and connection element can be combined and the protective lid can be flipped over the connection element; and 
 a torsion spring, which is sleeve installed on the axial rod and includes two endpoints, in which one of the endpoints is fixed to the connection element and the other one is fixed onto the accommodation part of the protective lid such that the protective lid enables an auto-restoration feature; 
 accordingly, the positioning pillar of the connection element can be combined into the positioning part of the front case of the socket body such that the fixation pillar on the connection element can penetrate the fixation hole of the combination part thereby allowing the protective lid to cover or open the power socket. 
 
     
     
       2. The outdoor power socket having protective lid structure according to  claim 1 , wherein the bottom of the socket body is combined with a cone through which the socket body can be fixed to outdoor ground. 
     
     
       3. The outdoor power socket having protective lid structure according to  claim 1 , wherein the positioning part of the socket body is a notch and a hole is configured at the bottom surface of the notch, in which a screw hole is configured in the positioning pillar of the connection element such that the positioning pillar can be received within the notch and the screw hole of the positioning pillar corresponds to the hole in the notch so that the connection element can be fixed into the combination part on one side of the socket body by means of through screw fixations. 
     
     
       4. The outdoor power socket having protective lid structure according to  claim 3 , wherein the depth of the notch determines the insertion distance of the fixation pillar of the connection element into the socket body. 
     
     
       5. The outdoor power socket having protective lid structure according to  claim 1 , wherein the two sides on the positioning part of the socket body are respectively configured with a fixation hole and the two sides on the positioning pillar of the connection element are respectively configured with a fixation pillar such that, upon combining the positioning pillar with the positioning part, the fixation pillar penetrates and closes the fixation hole thereby firmly combining the connection element into the combination part. 
     
     
       6. The outdoor power socket having protective lid structure according to  claim 1 , wherein the pivotal axle includes a cap part and an axle part, in which the axle part extends from the cap part so the cross-section of the pivotal axle generally demonstrates a “T” shape, and the axle part penetrates the two pivotal holes of the protective lid, the open holes of the first connection part and the second connection part as well as the through hole of the axial rod such that the protective lid and connection element can be combined and the protective lid can be flipped over the connection element.